Great to hear your news Bundy!!! Given where you were at 6 months ago that is amazing. No doubt you had the thoughts 'its back' in your mind before you got that fantastic result. Thought I would do some looking for you on those two words - 'sclerotic' and 'lucent'. Here's what I found - "What does it mean that a lesion is sclerotic? Well, generally, it means that it is due to a fairly slow-growing process". (doesnt sound too much like melanoma) Meaning of 'lucent' bone lesion-Expansile pseudotumor of reactive hemorrhagic tissue arising in bone. (sounds like a 'claytons' tumour- not meaning to be flippant)
I have a brother who has many metastised tumors in his bones from Prostate cancer. He is taking Salvestrols and the pain from those has receded now. My thoughts are that even when the tumors are no longer active (because Salvestrols have won the battle) there may always be a 'lesion' left behind, or for some time anyway. Could it be that that is what is referred to as lucent?
Lucent basically means light will go through it as opposed to normal bone tissue that appears white in xrays because the rays dont go through bone but highlight it.
I think of bone tumors as a bit like lichen (dry looking moss) on a farm gate. Even if you spray the gate with roundup or the lichen dies in the heat, it stays there visible for some time till it falls or flakes off.
It takes two years for a broken bone to heal by 'over growing' and then the body 'eats' away the extra bone tissue till it looks perfect again. Anyway Bundy, what I am getting at in all this gabble is... maybe the healing process is happening and it may take a little more time for your body to reform the tissue to its original state. See Gleason10's post about his bone tumour on L5 vertebrae that has disappeared. Keep taking those Salvestrols and enjoy your regained health and strength. Your'e a star! Thanks for updating us DebCNZ